Emotions & feelings

warm someone's heart

make someone feel happy

To make someone feel happy, loved, or emotionally touched.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Your daughter made that card for you?

Yes, it really warms my heart.

Play the conversation

The way my neighbours look after each other really warms my heart.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: It made warm my heart.

Say: It warmed my heart.

In this expression, "warm" comes before the person’s "heart"; do not use "make warm".

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

warm someone's heart; warmed my heart; warms her heart

Your turn: say it out loud

The way my neighbours look after each other really warms my heart.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

warm someone's heart

make someone feel happy

“The way my neighbours look after each other really warms my heart.”

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